I boycott amazon because they SUCK. If I find something on there that I want, I look to see who it is sell it and go directly to them and cut out amazon as the middle man.

The other day I bought the Rugged Ridge RRC Side Armor by getting the part number from Quadratec (charging $335 + $45 shipping) and pasted it into Amazon, bought for $320 shipped. Received it in 4 days, which included a weekend.

Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable," the company said in a written statement. "Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.

which is a gigantic crock of (you know what). they don't care about freedom of speech, they care about making the almighty dollar. it is there freedom as a business to NOT carry this book. i don't think i violates freedom of speech for them not to carry it, it is their choice. there are plenty of tools or brands of equipment that i choose not to carry in my store, am i violating those brands freedom of speech? amazon is not protesting the book or saying that it should have never been written. if amazon would have quietly said "no thank you" to the ebook, we would have heard nothing of this. they chose to offer it, knowing full well that the media would be all over them giving them free advertising. plus they know that they will sell copies to those that just want to see what all of the hype is about.

No, but it would be violating your freedom if people tried to dictate to you what you can sell in your store.

I'm not taking a position on this, haven't read the article so I don't know what it's about. I'm just playing devil's advocate.

It's not censorship or a 1st amendment issue unless the government gets involved.

It's perfectly acceptable for the owner of a store to say "I am not going to sell this particular product." Store owners do so all the time. So Amazon's claims of censorship are a bit silly. We do not have an expectation that they will sell every single book ever published, regardless of its merits - we EXPECT them to be choosy and do some self-censoring.

It is also NOT violating their freedom when their customers make demands or dictate what they sell. As consumers we do this all the time. If the corner store started selling sex toys, you would be perfectly within your rights to say "my family won't shop here anymore."

(personal opinions not related to my work, please remember I post here a lot and enjoy talking with you all on a personal level).

It's not censorship or a 1st amendment issue unless the government gets involved.

It's perfectly acceptable for the owner of a store to say "I am not going to sell this particular product." Store owners do so all the time. So Amazon's claims of censorship are a bit silly. We do not have an expectation that they will sell every single book ever published, regardless of its merits - we EXPECT them to be choosy and do some self-censoring.

It is also NOT violating their freedom when their customers make demands or dictate what they sell. As consumers we do this all the time. If the corner store started selling sex toys, you would be perfectly within your rights to say "my family won't shop here anymore."

(personal opinions not related to my work, please remember I post here a lot and enjoy talking with you all on a personal level).

Believe me, I agree with you on both points. But regardless of whether or not you decide to shop there, boycott the place, etc etc... the shop owner should still have the freedom to sell it, if that's what they want to do.

I believe a business has the the right to sell whatever they want as long at is legal to do so. You and I have the right to buy whatever we wish as long as it legal to buy what we want. It's kind of like watching TV. The station or network has the right to broadcast what they wish and I have the right to watch it or not.

The business owner will get the idea if they lose enough customers as will the TV broadcaster if their shows aren't watched.

I'll admit all the negative feedback Amazon was getting about the book probably made their decision to stop selling it come much faster than poor sales would have.

Believe me, I agree with you on both points. But regardless of whether or not you decide to shop there, boycott the place, etc etc... the shop owner should still have the freedom to sell it, if that's what they want to do.

exactly, but if you decide to sell a product like this, you should be prepared to deal with public backlash. i choose not to sell products like this, because i am morally against it, and i also don't want to lose business because of it.

If someone wrote a book entitled "10 Reasons to NOT Shop at Amazon.com" or "Why Amazon.com SUCKS!!!", do you think they would sell it? Probably not which would throw their supposed reasoning right out the window.

If someone wrote a book entitled "10 Reasons to NOT Shop at Amazon.com" or "Why Amazon.com SUCKS!!!", do you think they would sell it? Probably not which would throw their supposed reasoning right out the window.

Amazon is a retailer... they sell thoundsands of books. I love Amazon, and they have "Student Prime". It is free for college students and gives free 2 day shipping on most goodies. Lookin' out for the college students

Schu, i agree about freedom of speech but you need to draw the line somewhere and this book is something i cant agree with,

It wouldn't be free speech if there was a line it would be limited speech. And who's the guy or gal who decides where the line is drawn? Again who cares what the book is about, if you don't like it don't buy it. They sell bibles and religious books to, bet they have created much more war and harm than a book about pedophiles ever could.

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This is stupid, telling them not to sell a book is censorship, if someone is in the market to buy, they ought to be able to sell it without all you crybabies getting your panties in a wad. If you wanna boycott something, make it the retarded news station that this crap originated with, Fox is for suckers.

It wouldn't be free speech if there was a line it would be limited speech. And who's the guy or gal who decides where the line is drawn? Again who cares what the book is about, if you don't like it don't buy it. They sell bibles and religious books to, bet they have created much more war and harm than a book about pedophiles ever could.

Very true, limited speech is not free speech. If you don't want the book, don't buy it, if you want to point something like this out and make a stink about it, go work for Rupert Murdoch, he'll put any moron on camera...

I went to war to protect my freedoms, and the freedoms of my fellow countrymen. The same freedoms I see getting s**t on and squashed every day. Let Amazon sell whatever they please, if you don't like it, then don't buy it. I don't agree with a pedophile book, so I just won't buy it.